02-27-2011, 12:28 PM
I THINK we need to figure the finances out so those tems that are struggling can afford to keep their good players and not keep letting them go to FA. Look at CLE for example. Its been almost 10 years, and my payroll budget has stayed the same, if not gone down. At the current spot we are at, 16 teams can afford payroll over 100M, and 4 teams atill have a payroll budget under 80M.
With a payroll budget under 80M, and some stars asking 20-25M a season, how are the smaller teams to survive without going into a rebuild mode every 5 seasons because they hit that financial brick wall?
I can deal with this, but you have to agree, this is a problem. I can win 72 games with a $64.8M payroll, while the Yanks are at 80 wins with $237M in payroll. THAT IS THE PROBLEM, NOT DIVISION ALIGNMENT.
With a payroll budget under 80M, and some stars asking 20-25M a season, how are the smaller teams to survive without going into a rebuild mode every 5 seasons because they hit that financial brick wall?
I can deal with this, but you have to agree, this is a problem. I can win 72 games with a $64.8M payroll, while the Yanks are at 80 wins with $237M in payroll. THAT IS THE PROBLEM, NOT DIVISION ALIGNMENT.